India's DGCA has issued mandatory fatigue-management rules requiring airlines to train roster planners, schedulers and dispatchers in fatigue mitigation and to submit quarterly fatigue reports detailing crew training, report submissions and reasons for any rejections after duty/rest norm changes.
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India's rapid market expansion is prompting tighter oversight of operations and crew standards, making this regulator action part of a broader trend toward stronger enforcement: India’s aviation boom prompts tighter oversight.
Targeting roster planners and mandating quarterly reports directly addresses staffing and crew-sourcing pressures raised by New Delhi at ICAO about late-notice recruitment and poaching: India files ICAO working paper seeking binding 'code of conduct'.
The rule follows recent safety and compliance concerns — including a Delhi ATC workload near-miss and DGCA enforcement on training standards — increasing compliance risk and operational scrutiny for carriers: Delhi ATC workload sparked double TCAS alerts and DGCA fines IndiGo parent over simulator use.
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